Matt Madden (NYC, 1968) started self-publishing minicomics while living in Ann Arbor MI in the early 90s, where he co-edited the anthology title 5 O'Clock Shadow with Matt Feazell and Sean Bieri. In 1996 Madden began writing reviews for The Comics Journal and other publications, which he continues to do, albeit infrequently. After having a number of short pieces published in more established publications, Madden published his first graphic novel, Black Candy, with Black Eye Books in 1998. His last graphic novel, Odds Off, was published by Highwater Books in 2001. Madden currently lives in Brooklyn NY with his wife, Jessica Abel. He works in illustration and also teaches comics at the School of Visual Arts and Yale University. His other comics-related activities include translations from French and Spanish and coloring for DC and Marvel. Madden was recently invited to be the American correspondent of OuBaPo, the French experimental comics group. He is currently working on several new projects in addition to Exercises in Style. Many of those short stories and experiments will appear in A Fine Mess, his current bi-annual series published by Alternative Comics.